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''Originally from Update in Anaesthesia | www.wfsahq.org/resources/update-in-anaesthesia'' | ''Originally from Update in Anaesthesia | www.wfsahq.org/resources/update-in-anaesthesia'' | ||
Reprinted from: Rachel Troncin and Christophe Dadure. Paediatric spinal anaesthesia. Update in Anaesthesia | Reprinted from: Rachel Troncin and Christophe Dadure. Paediatric spinal anaesthesia. Update in Anaesthesia | ||
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Spinal anaesthesia provides a good alternative to general anaesthesia in newborns | |+Summary | ||
with increased anaesthesia-related risk, and for infants undergoing lower abdominal or lower | !Spinal anaesthesia provides a good alternative to general anaesthesia in newborns with increased anaesthesia-related risk, and for infants undergoing lower abdominal or lower | ||
extremity surgery during the first 6 months of life. | extremity surgery during the first 6 months of life. It is most successful as a single shot technique, limited to surgery lasting less than ninety minutes. Spinal anaesthesia in children requires the technical skills of experienced anaesthesia providers. | ||
It is most successful as a single shot technique, limited to surgery lasting less than ninety minutes. | |} | ||
Spinal anaesthesia in children requires the technical skills of | |||
experienced anaesthesia | |||
providers. | |||
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